Experience

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  Cone Marshall Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Record Administrator and Administration Assistant

    • Oct 2018 - Present
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Maintain and update client and trust files; Maintain deeds packet; Update electronic file information where appropriate; Add new files to archive; Create new folders and files; Assist staff members in searching and retrieving files; Process and scan files as required; P erform other administrative duties as required.

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  Auckland Council

  • Manukau Central, Auckland, New Zealand

  • Senior Records Administrator, South - Senior Property File and Digitisation Administrator, South

    • May 2011 - Sep 2018
    • Manukau Central, Auckland, New Zealand

    Provide subject matter expertise, support and guidance on property file management and digitisation processes to ensure the integrity of property file products (PFPs) and digital files.Provide records management services to Council staff, stakeholders and the public. Ensure that Council records are systematically created, captured, controlled, maintained, disseminated and disposed of in accordance with the requirements of the Public Records Act and that the records support the business functions of Auckland Council. Provide guidance and direction to Southern region records staff on day-to-day records management issues and operational processes and procedures. Direct reports across three office locations in Manukau, Papakura and Pukekohe. Key work areas and experience include: Digitisation (outsourced and in-house): Database administration, database support for Alchemy (Open Text); Process management and continuous improvement , Change Management (changeover from outsourced to in-house scanning, Auckland Council Newcore implementation and provision of electronic property products).

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  Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Resource and Information Centre Manager

    • 2008 - 2011
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Managed and developed the MHF Resource Centre collection of resources (electronic and hard copy), journals, books and research information on all aspects of mental health-illness. Contributed to strategic thinking and development and the implementation of organisational policies and plans through the National Managers Forum. Successfully implemented job-sharing of two Resource Centre roles. Four direct reports.

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  Watercare Services Limited

  • Auckland, New Zealand

  • Librarian

    • 1998 - 2008
    • Auckland, New Zealand

    Sole charge position. Managed Watercare's corporate library and provided a full range of information and research services to the organisation's 300+ staff. Maintained the library environment, including the ongoing development of the library database (DB Textworks/Inmagic) and Intranet library pages. Provided related services including book sourcing-purchasing, journal subscriptions, interloans and offered professional advice to staff on information management. From mid 2007 the role extended to the provision of records management, including the administration and ongoing development of Watercare's file plan (taxonomy) and the archiving and retrieval of organisational records.

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  Various

  • Auckland

  • Librarian (Contract, Permanent)

    • Apr 1996 - Dec 1997
    • Auckland

    NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT Librarian NZIM (sub-contracted P/T Librarian to Watercare Services) - June to December 1997AUCKLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY Assistant Librarian, Reference - October 1996 to May 1997NEW ZEALAND INSURANCE Librarian (Temporary) - July to September 1996QUINN STAFF RECRUITERSTemporary office work - April to June 1996

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  Fletcher Challenge Ltd

  • Auckland

  • Information Specialist

    • Nov 1990 - Mar 1996
    • Auckland

    Worked within the corporate library structure to provide information services to Fletcher Challenge staff and business partners across a range of local/international industry sectors including steel, energy, and wood.

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  London Business School

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Information Broker - Business Specialist

    • Aug 1989 - Jan 1990
    • London, United Kingdom

    Provided business information on demand to clients of the fee-based LBS Information Service.

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  TFPL

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Temporary Librarian

    • Oct 1988 - Jul 1989
    • London, United Kingdom

    TFPL provides recruitment, training, and consultancy services in the areas of knowledge, information, library, records, and web content management.Completed library assignments at the following companies: Deloittes Haskins Sells; Drivers Jonas Surveyors (twice in 1989 and 1990); Lazard Brothers; Shearson Lehman; Warburg Securities; Cazenove and Son..

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  Auckland City Council, Auckland Public Library (Central Library)

  • Auckland

  • Librarian

    • Dec 1976 - Apr 1988
    • Auckland

    Junior Librarian, Circulation Department; Shared Junior Librarian, Commerce-Science-Technology and Social Sciences Departments; Intermediate Librarian, Social Sciences Department; Assistant Librarian, Acquisitions Department.